Monday, November 10, 2008

Thank God for Leaf Blowers.

I love this house. I love its location, I love that we are in a quiet neighborhood, I love the view and for most of the summer I loved the trees. Our house that is surrounded by 5 very large, very old trees, and that's not counting the neighbors or the park, that's just in our small yard. We've debated for a few months which approach to raking is better. It seems most of neighbors fall into the category of raking once a week for many weeks. I was of the mindset that it would be better to wait for all the leaves to be off the trees before you start raking. I'm still not convinced which way is better. But let's just say I spent the better half of the last 2 weeks raking....EVERY SINGLE DAY! And on Thursday I was shoveling leaves as fast as I could before the snow fell, and so were my neighbors.

One thing is for sure. The boys loved them.And I'm so glad to be done with it until next year.

Now my leaves are piled into 30+ bags that need to get to the dump. Good Times.

The Whole Bear Gang

Papa Bear

My wonderful husband! (I love this picture...so him). He's a hard-working, strong-willed, opinionated man. We've been married for 8 years. He loves anything related to snow and cold weather (strange I know) and most of all he loves coming home every night to 4 boys who chase him down with hugs and kisses.

Mama Bear

Big Bear

Carson is our 7 year old wholoves to read, draw and take care of his brothers.

Middle Bear

Declan is our red headed 5 year old who talks non stop. He is incredibly independent, loves to read, color , play in the sandbox and drive his big brother crazy.

Baby Bear

Little Baby Bear

Bear Hunter

Miss Emily

Little Bear Hunter

Husker is our crazy new kitty. Husker likes to think he's part dog, he likes to go for a walk with Trevor and Emily, he likes to lay in various odd positions, he loves playing with the boys and sleeping on your neck (yes, I said neck). We wouldn't be complete without him.